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Cosmoselachus

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Falcatidae

Taxonomy
Cosmoselachus was named by Bronson et al. (2024). It is not extant. Its type is Cosmoselachus mehlingi.

It was assigned to Falcatidae by Bronson et al. (2024).

Species
C. mehlingi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Cosmoselachus Bronson et al. p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
superorderCladodontomorphi
orderSymmoriiformes()
familyFalcatidaeZangerl 1990
genusCosmoselachus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cosmoselachus Bronson et al. 2024
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†Cosmoselachus mehlingi Bronson et al. 2024
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. W. Bronson et al. 2024As for type and only species.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:21:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:21:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Chesterian or 335.50000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) C. mehlingi (92182)